Multi-Color Checkered Upholstery Blend Fabric from China
Durable woven fabric with 75% artificial staple fibers combined with polyester filaments in a checkered pattern of various colors, suited for upholstery. It qualifies for HTS 5516.23.00.90 as 'other' woven fabrics mixed <85% artificial staples with filaments of different colors. The yarn color variation excludes it from plain or single-color categories.
Duty Rate — China → United States
46%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3112.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
Import Tips
• Test for weight and construction to differentiate from Chapter 55 poplin/broadcloth statistical notes
• Declare as upholstery but classify by fiber; avoid end-use based reclassification
• Retain dyeing records proving multi-color yarns pre-weave